The Michael L. Becher Adult Correction Complex is named for a former sheriff. It had 525 inmates last month. The new beds raise its capacity to 510.

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Clark County Sheriff Danny Rodden told County Council members Monday that his department has begun to expand the county jail's capacity by adding beds in a former office area and existing cell pods.

Capacity at the Michael L. Becher Adult Correction Complex, named for a former sheriff, had grown to 478 earlier this year, but inmate totals have consistently topped 500 recently, ballooning to 525 last month.

The jail underwent expansion twice during Becher's tenure at a total cost of $33.2 million, growing from 52 prisoners to a capacity of 446 by 2008. ...